The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product. Google is working in parallel to build the Android XR operating system for this headset and a Micro XR operating system for AR glasses.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Google is diving head-first back into the world of extended reality and this time, the company is going big. While it might not be ready to show off any physical products just yet, Google has officially laid out its vision for a brand-new unified Android XR ecosystem. Nor is the company simply investing in a new mixed reality headset.

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Road to VR

JUNE 28, 2023

Google has reportedly shelved a multi-year project that sought to commercialize an AR headset, known as Project Iris. Provided the report is true, it appears Google will now need to rely on Samsung to compete with Meta and Apple in XR. Project Iris was said to ship as early as 2024.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 21, 2024

If you think that Google AR Glasses are nothing but a distant dream, it might be time to think again. Sure, Google Glass turned out to be a flop, and Google’s Iris Project was eventually canceled – but it seems like the tech giant hasn’t given up on the smart glasses market just yet. Could Google be next?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

More info Google and Samsung are working on smartglasses According to The Information, Google and Samsung are not only working together on a mixed reality headset but also on a pair of smartglasses (a la Ray-Ban Meta) powered by Gemini AI. I cross my fingers, but I don’t have high hopes.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

JANUARY 31, 2024

VR|MR 2024 is well underway, bringing together the best and brightest in the emerging XR technology landscape to network and discuss the future of XR – as it undergoes a pivotal Q1 period this year. Yesterday, Google and Mojo Vision representatives introduced the event, kicking off the monumental event with an opening keynote.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As 2024 rounds up, the XR world is prepping the year’s final announcements and events, leading to massive showcases that will shake up the industry next year. Samsung to Debut MR Headset in 2024? Samsung is following leaks from earlier in the year, showing how Google and Qualcomm are assisting with developing a Samsung headset.

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Road to VR

JUNE 7, 2022

By comparison similar devices like HoloLens 2 and Magic Leap tend to have hazy color inconsistency which often shows a faint rainbow haze from one side of the view to the other. Lumus expects to see the first major consumer product incorporating its waveguide solution in 2024.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2024

VR|MR 2024 – a conference taking place in San Francisco, California, between 29 and 31 January 2024. Many XR industry giants, such as Google, Magic Leap, and Meta Reality Labs, are poised to appear at the event. VR|MR 2024 One of the most valuable parts of an industry event is the keynotes and seminars.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Meta's CTO seemed to suggest the company could demo a highly advanced true AR glasses prototype in 2024. Instead, Heath wrote, Meta will distribute them to select developers in 2024 and also use them as a demonstration of the future of AR. Ma reported that the goal is to ship this AR glasses product around 2027.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Between that, I worked on consumer cloud software with Google for five years… managing engineering teams for Gmail, Japanese mobile, Google Labs, and social (Blogger etc.) At Google, the change was rapid but much easier to control , as everything from the software to even the servers were designed in-house. teams for Japan.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Just weeks before 2024 wraps up and the new year draws closer, the XR industry is steeped in countless stories that may lead to a transformative year for XR. 2024 looks to be a foundational year for the future of XR, from hardware to software and from consumer to enterprise.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 6, 2020

billion by 2024. But they fall short in advanced campaign analytics when compared to web AR, where you can utilize tools like Google Analytics to track performance. Magic Leap is building a software ecosystem around its product. Advertising is one of the most lucrative AR subsectors, on pace to reach $1.41

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days!

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Upload VR

APRIL 26, 2024

Instead, Heath wrote, Meta will distribute them to select developers in 2024 and also use them as a demonstration of the future of AR. Meta Might Demo A True AR Glasses Prototype In 2024 Meta hinted it might demo a “prohibitively expensive” true AR glasses prototype in 2024. “In

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Road to VR

JUNE 17, 2024

For example, developers like Google’s Owlchemy Labs had to rejigger their critically-acclaimed VR games Job Simulator & Vacation Simulator to make hand-tracking a smooth experience. While this works well for low-stakes object interaction, it’s not for every XR game out there.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 20, 2024

2024 may be the start of an XR shift. In its “Residential and Commercial Smart Glass Market Outlook from 2024 to 2034” report , Future Market Insights states that the global residential and commercial smart glass market size will reach $58,248 million in 2024, eventually reaching $187,475 million by 2034.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

With significant events occurring every month, bringing together XR firms and end-users, 2024 is already becoming a year of incubation that could potentially propel XR into the office space and beyond. Industry Experts Unite at SPIE 2024 SPIE.AR|VR|MR VR|MR 2024 wrapped up this week.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

Auidences are watching, developers are already working on realityOS applications, and XR device vendors are making a move towards the spatial computing trend of 2024. On the other hand, firms like Magic Leap and XREAL are receiving millions in funding to potentially leapfrog the forecasted success of Apple’s Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

Waiting until now would mean that next VR game by Valve would come out in 2024–2025… do you really think they don’t want to make the ecosystem to grow now? Valve says that it was waiting to see the reception of Alyx before developing other games. I don’t believe them at all : Alyx required 4 years of development.

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JULY 19, 2023

Instead, it will reportedly distribute them to select developers in 2024 and also use them as a demonstration of the future of AR. Apple reportedly postponed its full AR glasses “indefinitely” earlier this year, and Google reportedly killed its internal glasses project this year in favor of making the software for third parties instead.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2024

” Wright added Today, we’re all familiar with collaboration tools in the 2D domain, such as Google Docs and PowerPoint. The Impact of MR Headsets According to a recent report by IDC, global shipments of AR/VR headsets decreased significantly in the first quarter of 2024, 67.4 per cent from 2024 to 2028.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 14, 2023

And if you stack the billions spent there against Sony, Microsoft, Magic Leap, Google, Apple and others, are all these executives investing too much on AR & VR, or too little? Does “bit” understate or overstate how much faster things could have gone?

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Robert Scoble

MAY 31, 2022

Heck, when I got Google Glass years ago I thought I never would take those off. This is why Magic Leap has a new shot at life that I also didn’t see, due to its cord and lack of consumer experiences. These displays are pretty damn good for a variety of uses, I just wish I didn’t need to wait until 2024 to get them.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For example, Microsoft is gearing up for a 2024 industrial Metaverse roadmap, which sees the firm working with groups like Magic Leap and Qualcomm to provide immersive workplace solutions that operate alongside pre-existing technology stacks. The Vision Pro device is due in 2024 for $3,499.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 19, 2024

The VR modelling tool Google Blocks is now available as an open-source version under the name of Open Blocks. Google AR Glasses: Is This the Return of Google Glass? The Launch of Google Blocks Google blocks was introduced in 2017. It was originally released for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Image by Google). Project Iris is the codename of Google’s AR glasses. According to a report on The Verge, Google is working on AR glasses. The operating system should be Android, but it seems that Google is also building an operating system specific for XR. Header image by Google). What about yours?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 18, 2024

Google has made Google Blocks an open-source application, which it says will enable “novel and rich experiences”. Google AR Glasses: Is This the Return of Google Glass? ” Icosa Foundation is a global community of developers that create open-source replacements for Tilt Brush and Google Poly. .”

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

According to the rumor, the collaboration should end in 2023, with the first product launched in 2024, a year that is compatible with a consumer-prosumer release of an XR device. This gives more power to Google Glass, that are not doing that bad in the enterprise environment after a total disaster as a prosumer device.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2021

For instance, this is the forecast of the analysts for the Google Glass adoption in 2013, that I used for a business plan. The caption was “The source predicts that Google’s product will sell well and that by 2018 will sell more than 21 million units” Please don’t laugh too loud (Image by Statista).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2024

Big vendor news this week, Admist start-ups and fresh ideas; this week, big names like Meta, Microsoft, Google, and Apple took the headlines due to each firm’s optimisation of its XR product portfolio. Meta has not yet confirmed 8K streaming on its Quest portfolio. However, the company is constantly developing new XR devices.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The end of a year is always a moment of retrospection, and in fact I have written a couple of very insightful posts where I think about my 2024 in XR. For this reason, Meta is already allegedly working on a new model that should include a display to show some information to the user. Lets see how the situation will unfold in the next weeks.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

In case there is another platform involved, e.g. Android, 30% will go to Google, and 25% of the remaining money (i.e. Meta plans AR glasses for 2024. If the rumor is true, Meta by 2024 is going to basically release the Nreal glasses or a mix of Nreal Light and Magic Leap 2. In total, 52.5% of the total) to Meta.

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